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- 27 January 2009 - Study reveals 'shocking' kebabs
A recent study by the Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services (Lacors) revealed "shocking" levels of salt, fat and calories in doner kebabs, a favourite takeaway food among the UK population. But even more "shocking" for our Muslim brothers & sisters was the revelation that six kebabs were found to include pork when it had not been declared as an ingredient. Two of the six were described/labelled as Halal - food or drink permitted for Muslims, which must not contain pork.
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- 11 January 2009 - Point to ponder: How genuine is halal stamp?
JEDDAH: Exhibitors at the recent Halal Expo 2008 reportedly closed more than SR41.2 million ($11 million) worth of deals over the course of the three-day event and successfully ushered in a number of international players into the region’s Halal market, which is already worth an estimated SR7.8 trillion.
Products being negotiated for potential import into the Kingdom and the GCC region include snacks, vegetable oils, dairy products, health foods, fruit juices and meat products stamped with the halal signature.
However, many international companies — in accordance with plans for global expansion and to stay financially afloat in the current financial crisis — are using the halal industry to get an edge on their competitors without using or even being correctly educated on methods of Islamic slaughter.
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- 13 November 2008-
'Halal - the real deal?'
In the ever growing 'Halal' meat market British Muslims are spending over £2bn every year, but can the consumer be really sure that they are buying genuine authentic 'Halal' products?
In a programme recently aired on BBC East Midlands a BBC team investigated & highlighted issues and concerns within the 'Halal' meat & poultry industry. The programme featured Halal Monitoring Committee and the BBC team also visited a slaughterhouse and a number of HMC outlets to see and understand the need for such an organisation to monitor and certify 'Halal' products.
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- 18 September 2008 - Halal and kosher meat should not be slipped in to food chain, says minister
Halal and kosher meat should be labelled when it is put on sale so the public can decide whether they want to buy food from animals that have bled to death, the Food and Farming minister says.
Lord Rooker said all meat from animals killed by slitting their throats should be marked, allowing customers to decide whether the suffering troubled their consciences. "I object to the method of slaughter," he said.
"My choice as a customer is that I would want to buy meat that has been looked after and slaughtered in the most humane way possible."
His office later said that Britain would play a "full part" on religious slaughter practices in negotiations to introduce a European-wide labelling system by 2010.
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- 16 September 2008 - Battery eggs banned in all Newcastle schools
BATTERY hen eggs will be off the school menu because of cruelty concerns. Newcastle city council has decided in future eggs produced by free range chickens only will be used in school meals.
The council has also decided to extend the ban to staff restaurants, banqueting and hospitality outlets and meals supplied to elderly people.
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- 07 September 2008 - Calls for ban on religious slaughter methods
ANIMAL rights campaigners will call on MSPs this week to ban the Islamic and Jewish method of slaughtering animals, claiming there can be no exemptions purely on the grounds of religious belief.
A petition will be heard, backed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA), arguing that animals can only be killed in Scotland if pre-stunned first.
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- 24 April 2008 - Cheap food is being dressed up as top-quality produce
Cheap food is being dressed up as top-quality produce in a vast fraud costing shoppers £7billion a year, it is claimed today.
There is mounting evidence of battery farm eggs being sold as free range, farmed fish passed off as wild and inferior meat labelled as organic.
It is also feared that premium products are being adulterated to boost profits. For example, ordinary virgin oil is dyed dark green with chlorophyll to make it look like extra virgin.
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- Jan 2004 - America bans use of captive-bolt stun gun
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced (Jan 2004) that amongst new regulations to prevent the spread of BSE - "Mad Cow Disease" - the practice of striking cows on the head to stun them before slaughter, and the use of the captive-bolt stun gun is now forbidden.
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- 24 May 2003 - Concern Grows Over Imported Chickens
BBC's investigative programme, Panormana, revealed last night that more evidence has been found of deliberate adulteration of chicken used in the UK's catering industry and the programme traced the source of the problem back to Holland.
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- 11 May 2003 - The animal welfare lobby is wrong
Animal welfare" is an odd concept to use in connection with slaughter. Welfare refers to quality of life. But killing a healthy animal in order to consume its flesh does not promote its well-being, no matter how it is dispatched. Hundreds of millions of animals are killed every year in the UK for human consumption and none derives any benefit from the process.
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- 04 April 2003 - Eastern Eye
BRITISH Muslims have been left stunned by a proposal the Government is considering which would place a ban on halal meat. In a move sure to inflame both the Muslim and Jewish communities, Eastern Eye has learnt that officials from the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) are chewing over proposals to end the practice of slaughtering animals without being stunned first.
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- Religious slaughter ban rejected
The Farm Animal Welfare Council has recommended outlawing the killing of animals without stunning them first, saying it caused severe suffering. One compromise which has been suggested involves stunning animals immediately after cutting the throat.
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- 12 March 2003 - FSA Press Release (2003/0344)
The Food Standards Agency and 20 local authorities across the UK have joined forces to expose and tackle the continuing practice of adding undeclared water and animal protein to chicken destined for restaurants and takeaways.
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- 10 March 2003 - Beef and pork proteins found in imported chicken
The UK is still a dumping ground for thousands of tonnes of cheap chicken adulterated with water and beef and pork proteins, according to food safety watchdogs. The Guardian has learned that new tests by the food standards agency have detected beef and pork DNA in Dutch chicken on sale in this country.
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- 06 Nov 2002 - Update on the Risk of BSE Infected Meat
Dr A Majid Katme, spokesman on Halal Meat and Food for the Muslim Council of Britain, attended a meeting arranged by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on Saturday 2 November 2002. The meeting was organised to provide updates on the BSE and Sheep Stakeholders' Report, released in May 2002.
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